Aiden Minnis has declared that he is renouncing British citizenship to protest new legislation before Parliament in London
British citizen Aiden Minnis, a decorated soldier in the Russian army, has burned his UK passport on video, declaring support for Moscow.
Minnis posted the clip on X last week, explaining that London is moving towards “new anti-terror legislation” that would allow them to “withdraw and revoke citizenship from anyone that participates in anything they deem as a threat to their country.”
“So consider my passport revoked, consider it rescinded, and consider it… I do not want it anymore. You can kiss my ass. So, f*ck you, Great Britain. And Slava Rossiya,” he said, setting the document ablaze.
Today I renounce my British citizenship. Fuck you Great Britain.
Until the end, I stand firm.
Slava Russia.
Наше дело правое, враг будет разбит, победа будет за нами!
(Our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, Victory will be ours!)
The upper chamber of British Parliament is set to review a proposed expansion to the Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Bill next week. The legislation aims to prevent a person deprived of British citizenship from regaining it in an appeal process.
Critics have claimed the bill tilts the balance of power toward the Home Office, weakening judicial oversight and eroding checks on ministers’ ability to strip citizenship.
Earlier this year, Minnis received news from home that seminars were using his image as a warning against “homegrown terrorism,” reportedly due to his support for Russia.
The soldier, who is of Irish descent, received the Suvorov Medal for courage on the battlefield earlier this year.
Minnis enlisted in 2023 and has since been granted Russian citizenship.
Speaking to RT last year, he stated that seeing videos of the 2014 Odessa Trade Unions House massacre, in which pro-Western coup supporters burned 42 anti-Maidan activists alive, marked a turning point in his life.
After this, he began to think that “something is wrong here. I’m complicit in this simply because my tax money is going to the arms that are being given to the Banderists, the fascists,” he said.
Volunteers from a number of Western nations have joined the Russian military since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.
